The Rifle Rod and Gun Club, Manawatu is a multi-sports club based in the Turitea Valley near Palmerston North, New Zealand. The club provides six ranges for various sports including Archery, Rifle, Pistol, Shotgun and Black Powder Rifle Shooting.

Club day is every Sunday rain or shine (essential to wear gumboots in winter). Learners shoot at 11.30am. Archers shooting at 20 metres and beyond shoot at 09.30am but need to be there by 09.15am to register their distance and help set up targets.

Beginners advance by shooting a qualifying score at each distance. A qualifying score is 400 points or more from 10 ends of 6 arrows each (ie possible score of 600).

The range is also open on Tuesday afternoon from 3.30pm for practice but club members must have their own equipment and set up their own targets.

As our section name suggests we shoot older style firearms which use Black Powder as a propellant. This powder is usually only encountered now in fire works, but has hundreds of years of history behind it , and is characterized by its smell and copious amounts of smoke.

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The Rifle Rod and Gun Club, Manawatu is a multi-sports club based in the Turitea Valley near Palmerston North, New Zealand. The club provides six ranges for various sports including Archery, Rifle, Pistol, Shotgun and Black Powder Rifle Shooting.